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Water Management
More people power equals more progress
Posted on 20 Jan, 2014 09:42 AMClean surroundings, clean water and a clean toilet – as much as Cuttack, in Odisha is a thriving centre of trade and commerce, it lacked these three basic necessities. An exploratory survey was conducted in 2009 to understand why the city hadn't reached a better state of cleanliness.
Which way will the water flow?
Posted on 15 Jan, 2014 11:07 PMIn the 60-odd years since we began managing our own resources, we have managed to throttle and poison all our rivers, suck our groundwater resources nearly dry and shave our forests bald. This is despite a great deal of effort, time, thought and resources that have gone into this 'management'.
Free water for the Capital
Posted on 08 Jan, 2014 12:04 PMTwo days into power, AAP announced free water
Despite government funding, only 30% urban slums have toilets
Posted on 08 Jan, 2014 12:03 PMWelfare schemes not of much use to urban slums
Separated by a spring
Posted on 06 Jan, 2014 10:02 AMNumerous small villages dot the Himalayas. These villages obtain water from springs that are in their turn supplied by small aquifers. Due to the complex folded nature of the rocks that make up the mountains, the area from which these aquifers receive their water may be at some distance away from the actual spring.
The indefinite fast continues
Posted on 06 Jan, 2014 08:50 AMNoted activist Shashi Shekhar has been on an indefinite fast since December 10th, protesting the construction of embankments on the Jheem Jamura river. These rivers are a part of the Adhwara Samuh rivers in North Bihar, which originate from the foothills of Nepal.
Call for Abstracts and Event Proposals ' World Water Week', Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), Stockholm
Posted on 04 Jan, 2014 09:04 AMFor more information on the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), click here.
For further details on the event, that has the theme of 'Energy and Water', click here.
Invite to 'Water Seminar & Gujarat Water Summit 2014', Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Ahmedabad
Posted on 31 Dec, 2013 05:56 PMOrganiser details
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
Venue
Gujarat University Convention Centre, Ahmedabad
Why visit the summit